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conspersa, Macclesfield. I should say that several of these were identi- 

 fied by Mr. McLachian. — W. J. Lucas. 



Leucophasia sinapis, ab. — At Grange, last June, I captured an 

 example of L. sinapu in which the black apical spot is absent ; thus 

 the fore wings are pure white. — T. H. Shepherd; 15, Hope View, 

 Carr Lane, Shipley. 



[The specimen referred to above seems to be an example of ab. 

 eryslmi, Dup., which is a form of the female sex only. — Ed.] 



Unusual Find of Sphingid Larv^. — I think that January 18th, 

 1904, will long remain a record day so far as concerns finding Sphingid 

 larvffi. The day was dull and a fine rain was falling, and I was out 

 from 10 a.m. till 1.30 p.m., and from 3.15 p.m. till 6 p.m. During 

 that time I found, entirely by searching, no less than fifty-three larvae 

 and thirteen difi'erent species, made up as follows: — Andriasa mutata, 

 very rare, one ; Lophostethus dumolinii, very rare, two ; Macroglossa 

 trochiliis, three ; Cephonodes hylas, nine ; AeUopos hinaido (new ; Dr. 

 K. Jordan, of Tring, will describe), five; Temnora marginata, ten; 

 T. miirina (new ; Dr. K. Jordan will describe), two ; PohjpUjchus grayi, 

 five ; Chcerocampa eson, two ; Xephele accentifera, five ; Euchloron me- 

 gerea, rare, six ; Phlegethontlus falvinotata, rare, two ; Mandiica atropos, 

 one. The imago of A. hirmido has not been seen on the wing here 

 since January, 1901, and is always very rare; larvfe were discovered 

 by following up a female that was depositing ova on Saturday, 9th inst. 

 Temnora tituiina is another very rare liawk-moth, and, although I found 

 two or three larvae last year, I did not preserve the same, as I wished to 

 rear the moth. The M. atropos and C. eson larvae I only took to make 

 up two more species ; both are very common, and I could have taken 

 numbers more had I chosen to search for them. I may mention that, 

 besides the hawk-caterpillars mentioned above, I took about fifty larvae 

 of other families of moths, but nothing out of the common, except 

 two Acripia poUotis, a new and rare species. — Geo. F. Leigh ; Durban, 

 Natal. 



Three Weeks in the New Forest, 1903. — My friend and co- 

 collector Mr. H. G. Toye and myself decided to try the New Forest 

 last year ; being the first time we had ventured in that part of the 

 country, we were greatly delighted with the scenery, and the insects to 

 be taken. Considering the very bad season, 1 think we may con- 

 gratulate ourselves on having done fairly well. A professional collector 

 told us that it was the worst season for insects he could remember, a 

 statement fully confirmed by several other collectors whom we met. 



We arrived at Brockenhurst on June 26th. Amongst the captures 

 during the daytime I may mention Argynnis paphia, in very good con- 

 dition and in great numbers; the males were first seen on the 29th, 

 and the females on July 7th ; of the aberration valesinn we took some 

 twelve specimens and saw several others, mostly in very fair condition. 

 We also took A. adippe, Litnenitis sibylla (in great numbers and in very 

 good condition during the first week of our stay), A. selene (one with 

 bleached under wing), Satynis semele, Epinephele hyperanthus, E. titho- 

 nus, Thecla quercns (one male on July 12th), Pararge egeria (poor), 

 Lycmia cegon, Hesperia sylvantis, H. thaumas (linea), and a number of 



